Specialist divers went into the Gleision Colliery near Cilybebyll, Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley, where the men have been trapped since yesterday morning, but had to abandon their efforts after about 30 metres.

Fabricated in a luminescent finish of white marble and concrete aggregate, this head of a young girl with her eyes closed rises more than 60 feet from the site of the former Sutton Manor Colliery near Liverpool, England, shimmering above the skyline.

Rhidian Davies, managing director of Aberpergwm Colliery, said there was never any doubt that it would provide men to help with the rescue and the resources to fund it, but it was a scandal that it had to do so.

Riversdale/European Pressphoto Agency Riversdale Mining's Zululand Anthracite Colliery coal mine in South Africa The offer for Riversdale has dragged on since December, with a slow take-up by minority shareholders prompting Rio to extend the deadline four times previously and raise the price once from the original A$16 a share.

"Xstrata has pre-empted the police investigation by drawing conclusions that the incident is in some way connected to the industrial negotiations between the union and management at Tahmoor Colliery," CFMEU Mining and Energy Union Vice President

Addressing a rally at Hwange Colliery Stadium, Mugabe said companies that resisted the order to reduce prices risked being taken over by the government "because they were serving the interests of people who were keen to effect regime change in the country," the Herald said.